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The updated terms clarify that enabling prompt logging automatically activates chat logging as well, and grant OpenRouter a perpetual, worldwide license to use your content for service provision and commercial purposes. This includes the explicit right to license or sell your user content in anonymized form. Users accessing Stealth Program models must now also agree to a separate End User License Agreement. You can disable prompt logging in your account settings if you do not wish to grant these permissions.
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This Agreement is governed by the laws of New York without reference to conflicts of law rules.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern all matters arising out of or in relation to these Terms and any transactions hereunder, including the interpretation, construction, performance and enforcement thereof.
In the EU and EEA, the choice of Texas governing law shall not apply only where a mandatory consumer protection law explicitly prohibits such choice of law provisions.
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"These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles.Excerpt from OpenRouter's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles.”
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